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Outstanding initiatives driving reconciliation have been recognised in the 2021 Queensland Reconciliation Awards presented tonight in Townsville.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said all winners and finalists had demonstrated reconciliation in action.
“This year, the Queensland Reconciliation Awards have honoured initiatives which have enhanced cultural awareness and understanding and improved the experiences of First Nations people at school, at work and in the community,” the Premier said.
“The winners of the Premier’s Reconciliation Award and joint winners in the Partnership category, the Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation and Rainforest 4 Foundation have formed a unique partnership – the only formalised, non-Government program which purchases land for conservation to be owned and managed by its Traditional Owners.
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Premium Content As far as theatre goes, it was perfect. Education Minster Grace Grace, with all the disdain a minister can muster around an opposition question a government doesn t want to answer, rose in parliament to take umbrage to the story of Trevor from Caloundra . The poor bloke, so Opposition Leader David Crisafulli s tale went, had waited two hours for an ambulance while suffering a serious heart problem and another eight hours at emergency until a doctor could see him. Walked into that one ⦠Education Minister Grace Grace during Question Time. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled